Railway Stories
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How Siegmar got infected by the railway virus
Previously, all the little kids wanted to become train drivers. Today train drivers are being sought like never before. Much has changed since then, but my passion remains.
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March 14, 1973 to October 23, 1977 Steam Trains in Emsland
Long express trains to the North Sea, heavy ore and coal trains from the port of Emden to the south. In addition to the usual local passenger and freight traffic, the trains here were equipped with the famous steam locomotive series 01. 10, 41 and 44 until the end of the regular steam operation at the Deutsche Bundesbahn.
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June 8, 1975 to November 4, 1978 The little Sweetie in Warburg
Sprightly pensioner in a part-time job. Only during the sugar beet campaign there was something to do for locomotive 2b in the Warburg sugar factory.
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August 26, 1975 to May 24, 1976 East Westphalia with the Teaching Staff Write a description for this list item and include information that will interest site visitors. For example, you may want to describe a team member's experience, what makes a product special, or a unique service that you offer.
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December 29, 1975 to April 10, 1979 Narrow gauge steam of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
The steam-powered narrow-gauge lines of the DR in the south of the GDR, which I travelled through, offered a pure railway atmosphere with freight and passenger traffic as a "normal" means of local transport.
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August 5, 1976 Solutions in 1976
How to deal with operational disruptions during Bundesbahn times.
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April 8, 1977 Vopos in WuhlheideListenelement 1The photo of 03 2137-6 was taken on April 8, 1977 in what was then the eastern part of Berlin near Wuhlheide station. A Wartburg of the People's Police approached and the gentlemen in uniform took our passports from us first ...
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February 14, 1979 Snowstorm in the Steam Locomotive Paradise
A hell of a ride through snow masses in winter 1979. How my old rickety Renault R 4 automobile brought me safely to Berlin on summer tires.
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February 15, 1979 "Mister Peter for Questioning"
Officially, I wasn't invited for questioning. Only information was collected. Here I show my "Stasi documents".
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March 17, 1984 The former Verkehrs- und Baumuseum in Berlin can be visited
After almost 40 years of Sleeping Beauty sleep, the museum was reopened to the curious in the spring of 1984.
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June 10, 1996 Gernrode - Harzgerode - Efelder Talmühle - Drei Annen Hohne - Wernigerode
Unfortunately I did not visit the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways in GDR times. Only since 1990 has it come to numerous excursions on the routes of the Harzquerbahn and the Selketalbahn. Even with the well-filled summer timetable 1996, there were many train crossings and encounters.
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September 20 and December 6, 1997 Railway Holidays
The story “How I was infected by the railway virus"; ended with the memory that the seasons were recognizable by the appearance of the railway. For example, there were Christmas greetings written by hand with chalk on railway carriages.
In the meantime, there are organized New Year's Day trips, Easter egg search trips, Walpurgis trips, Glühwein trips, St. Nicholas trips, etc.
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November 11, 2006 Steam parallel ride on the Nordring in BerlinListenelement 2On November 11, 2006, tours around Berlin took place with locomotive 03 1010. The planned parallel flight with 03 2204-0 should fail only because of defective turntable ...
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November 11, 2023 “Tom’s Pics Germany 1945-1965”
On that day I published in the Historical Forum of Drehscheibe-Online the first contribution to a collection of about 200 railway and tram images from the USA related to Germany. The pictures date from the early post-war period from 1945 to 1965
